This is the poker tells site of Zach Elwood. You can learn more about me by watching the video above, or reading more below, but if you want to start learning about poker tells right now, sign up below for a free 5-part email course. It includes some excerpts from Verbal Poker Tells (read reviews), the book I'm most proud of. I spent quite a bit of time making this short series powerful and succinct. I'm confident this course will improve your skills in reading verbal tells.
About me, Zachary Elwood
I've got some details about me below, but if you're interested in learning about poker tells, these details may not matter, and you might just want to jump straight to reading reviews of my work. Put simply: the main way you'll know that my products (or any poker products) are high-quality is by reading the reviews, and I'm proud to say I have positive reviews from many experienced and well known poker players.
Some details about me:
- I have a psychology/behavior podcast People Who Read People.
- Author of Reading Poker Tells, my first poker tells book. Called the best book on the subject by many players, including many pros, it's been translated into eight languages.
- Author of Verbal Poker Tells. It's the book I'm most proud of.
- Author of Exploiting Poker Tells, which includes 140+ hand histories from real games, and thoughts from some experienced and well known players.
- Creator of a poker tells video series with more than 12 hours of content using footage from real cash games and tournaments. There's no substitute for real world examples.
- I was a poker tells coach/consultant for two World Series of Poker Main Event final table players. Read more about consultation work here.
- My research into online deception has been featured in NY Times, Washington Post, Buzzfeed, more. Learn more.
- On Twitter at @apokerplayer.
Get poker tells videos
Many people are visual or auditory learners, and this makes a lot of sense for poker tells, because tells are visual and auditory clues. I have a video series at ReadingPokerTells.video. It uses real cash game and tournament footage from a range of stakes, and shows you real-world examples of tells.
Read some reviews for the series here. When you sign up for the free email series at the top of this page, you'll get to see a 15-minute long video from the series.
Contact me
You can find me at the following places:
- Twitter: @apokerplayer
- Facebook: Reading Poker Tells
- Instagram: Reading Poker Tells
- Email: Contact page
Most Popular Poker Tells Resources
Here are some of the most popular resources I've created:
- Guide to Top 10 Poker Tells - This is a short overview of the top 10 most useful poker tells that I created for the poker forum site CardsChat.com.
- Reading Poker Tells — Many readers have called my first book, Reading Poker Tells, "the best book on poker tells."
- Verbal Poker Tells —Learn how knowledge of verbal poker tells will help your live game. Sign up for the free 5-part email course above if you're curious about the kind of stuff I talk about in there.
- Poker Tells Videos — My video series, which uses actual tournament and cash game footage.
- Poker Tells At Live $1-$2 No-Limit — Do you play live $1-2 or $2-5 NLHE and want to better understand poker tells in those games? In a short ebook, I go over 35 actual hands, looking for reliable behaviors.
- Blog Posts and Articles — Blog posts going back to 2010 on poker psychology, tells, and other stuff.
- Press and Reviews — Press about me and my books and videos on third-party sites. Also articles I've written for third-party sites.
About Zachary Elwood
I'm a former professional poker player and the author of three books on poker tells. My first book, Reading Poker Tells, is widely regarded as the best book on the subject and has been translated into three languages. I'm also the author of Verbal Poker Tells, Exploiting Poker Tells, and I created a video series on poker tells.
I've also worked as a poker behavior consultant for two World Series of Poker Main Event final table players. I have a general psychology/behavior podcast called People Who Read People.